Read Each Passage

Multiple Choice

Read each passage.Then choose the appropriate letter or letters to indicate the presence or absence of an error or errors in reasoning. Because pornography is harmful, our legislature should pass more laws to regulate and censor it.Pornography undermines standards of morality.It degrades sex into little more than an act that satisfies an animal instinct.It encourages people to view sex as a commodity to be bought and sold, rather than as an expression of love between two committed people.Children who accidentally stumble upon pornographic materials are in danger of forming skewed attitudes about the nature and purpose of sex.Pornography is even more harmful to women.As all the reliable research shows, it reinforces negative stereotypes of women as inferior, and it encourages men to view women as little more than sex objects.Such stereo-types perpetuate discrimination against women in all areas of society.Pornography also promotes violence.Much of it portrays rape scenes, torture, and other violent acts, legitimizing them as a means of achieving sexual pleasure.Those who view pornographic materials are more likely to want to reenact those scenes, which can lead them to commit violent crimes against women.

A) circular reasoning
B) hasty generalization
C) slippery slope
D) unidentified or dated research
E) unidentified experts
F) irrelevant reason
G) no error